Careggi

"During the 1997-98 season, the director of clinical psychiatry at the University of Florence and the chief gastroenterologist at the city's Careggi hospital happened to notice a significant rise in people, almost all of them males, coming into hospital with stomach upsets in the days after Fiorentina had lost a match," he recalls.

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Taking walks in Careggi, talking about books, reading poetry.

The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010

The doctor had taken up residence in Careggi, in chambers just down the hall from Lorenzo.

The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010

Her garden is lush and magical, filled with the symbols of the Medici family and the flowers and plants that grow around the gardens we all love so much in Careggi.

The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010

The little friar had arrived completely unannounced, and to open the door at Careggi and see Girolamo Savonarola was not something that anyone expected.

The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010

In the background I have painted the underground stream as it flows directly to Careggi, as that place is the home of the greatest learning and a refuge for those who would learn to open their eyes and attune their ears to the great truths.

The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010

LORENZO WAS IN the library in Careggi, working through a particularly tricky sonnet when Clarice entered.

The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010

When Cosimo knew that the end was very near, he gathered his family around him at the villa in Careggi, one at a time, to say his good-byes—and to issue his final instructions.

The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010

In a strange little twist, the hospital in Florence where all the victims were treated was in Careggi.

The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010

Another sketch I have used for this family portrait of sorts was the one I made of our Angelo, on the day he arrived in Careggi, depicting him as Hermes, stirring things up for all of us.

The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010